Game Recaps

FialaMania Runs Wild; Ads Win 4-3 in Shootout
(Photo Credit: Stephanie Moebius)
(Photo Credit: Stephanie Moebius)

The Milwaukee Admirals were able to claim a 4-3 shootout victory on the road over the Lake Erie Monsters Thursday night at the Quicken Loans Arena.

Similar to last season’s finale in Cleveland between the Admirals and Monsters a little bit of magic by Kevin Fiala was required for the Admirals to squeak away with a victory. Fiala scored with 3:55 remaining in regulation to force overtime through an incredible individual effort. From there, overtime flew by and the Admirals mastery of the shootout continued. The Admirals have won all seven games they have played in the shootout this season and Juuse Saros has still not allowed a shootout goal.

This game opened with a rapid fire chance for the Admirals to get the ball rolling the right way tonight. Only thirty-four seconds into the game Kevin Fiala drew a tripping minor against Sonny Milano to put the Admirals to the power-play. The best chance of the quick opportunity was a Max Görtz shot that rang iron and trickled back out before getting cleared from the net. The Admirals would again be left begging for a finish.

A heavyweight tilt broke out between Cody Bass and Brett Gallant at center ice not too long after the Admirals opening power-play. Both men talked about it for a bit, they removed their buckets, and proceeded to absolutely throttle one-another with hard right hands again – and again – and again. Gallant had the final strike to get Bass down, giving him the edge on the fight cards, but that was by far one of the most exciting fights this season.

On the flipside of the scrap the Monsters were able to score the game’s opening goal from their first power-play opportunity. Milano was able to score from a near impossible angle as he shimmied down the left wing and down below the goal-line before unleashing a wrister that surprised Juuse Saros top corner of the near post and in. The goal for Milano was his eighth of the season and second in two-games against the Admirals.

As the first period was grinding to a halt the Admirals found themselves earning an extended five-on-three power-play chance. Trent Vogelhuber was called for a hook and, just fourteen seconds later while attempting to fend off Pontus Åberg, Josh Anderson also took a hooking minor to give the Admirals 1:46 of five-on-three power-play. All that was required from there was a pass from Trevor Murphy over to the left wing face-off circle where a howitzer of a one-timer by Görtz signaled the end of the Admirals scoreless streak of 117:07 of ice time. The goal for Görtz was his twelfth of the season and seventh scored on the power-play.

Pontus Åberg was able to give the Admirals a 2-1 lead in the second period thanks to his fifteenth goal of the season. The Swede was able to fight off the defensive effort of Dillon Heatherington and, in the process, catch Anton Forsberg guarding the near post too much. Åberg labeled a wrister from the right wing that went against the grain and into the top shelf past the blocker of Forsberg.

The Admirals lead would be short lived as less than eight minutes after Åberg’s goal Daniel Zaar had an equalizer. The Monsters’ Swede was able to one-time a pass by Alex Broadhurst past Saros from close-range in the low right wing face-off circle to tally his seventeenth goal of the season. This was followed closely by a go-ahead goal for the scored by Anderson who beat Trevor Murphy with pace, alluded a poke check of Saros, and deposited five-hole to score his fourteenth goal of the season and make it a 3-2 Monsters lead.

As the game dipped below four minutes to play in regulation the Admirals saw a moment of sheer individual brilliance from Fiala. The 19-year old forward cut through multiple members of the Lake Erie Monsters, drew a penalty, managed to keep puck control as he plowed towards the net, and still had the ability to flick a puck up and over the right pad of Forsberg to equalize for the Admirals on his eleventh goal of the season.

The goal for Fiala would help force overtime which saw a frantic frame of three-on-three in which pucks were hopping everywhere. The game would spill into the shootout where once again the Admirals would get the job done.

Fiala was the first man up and fired a snapshot to the blocker side of Forsberg. Milano would follow up for the Monsters and miss the net entirely. Frédérick Gaudreau was next man up and he would get caught in too tight to Forsberg who gloved the shot down. Kerby Rychel had the chance to level things 1-1 in the shootout but he completely flubbed up his shot and it meant match point with Matt White next up for the Admirals. White dangled in on goal with speed before letting the puck glide clean through the wickets of Forsberg for the game-winner in the shootout.

The Admirals are now a perfect seven-for-seven in the shootout this season. Saros has not allowed a single shootout goal from thirteen shootout attempts. He stopped twenty five of the Monsters twenty-three shots on goal tonight to earn his eighteenth win of the season from twenty-five appearances.

Ramblings: Since the Milwaukee Admirals played Tuesday night there were no roster moves made throughout the organization. Tonight’s line combinations were: Reinhart-Sissons-Åberg, Fiala-Kamenev-Payerl, White-Gaudreau-Görtz, Devane-Girard-Bass, Oligny-Potter, Näkyvä-Elliott, Murphy-Aronson. Tonight’s scratches were: Cody Hodgson (undisclosed), Patrick Mullen (right hand laceration), Garrett Noonan (healthy), and Johan Alm (lower body).

While it might not have been the cleanest of games for the Milwaukee Admirals can a comeback result like this be just the boost the team needs?

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Feature

Fifteen with Félix Girard
(Photo Credit: Stephanie Moebius)
(Photo Credit: Stephanie Moebius)

With the Milwaukee Admirals set to face the Lake Erie Monsters once again tonight my plan isn’t to plunge back into pre-game material but keep going with Fifteen. There will be plenty to keep your eyes peeled for information wise on our social media during the build up to game-time but, for now, let’s have some fun with a member of the French Fries!

Félix Girard‘s junior playing career was entirely spent with Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The team was a five-hour trek North-East of where Girard grew up in Lévis, Quebec, Canada. He was named team captain for the 2012-13 season and was drafted by the Nashville Predators the next summer as the ninety-fifth selection of the 2013 NHL Draft.

After signing his three-year entry level contract in mid-April of 2014 Girard was primed for his debut season of professional hockey. His 2014-15 season was spent entirely with the Milwaukee Admirals at the American Hockey League (AHL) level where he would play 61 games, score 9 points (4 goals, 5 assists), hold a plus/minus of -9, and total up 54 penalty minutes.

As far as Girard’s growth from his rookie to sophomore season is concerned the best word to use would be consistency. Girard was one of the Admirals top penalty killers a season ago but would come and go during the run of even strength play. This season he has transcended his incredible work rate on the penalty kill and has been a go-to option for the Admirals whenever they need a win from a defensive zone face-off. He has been money in that respect.

It looks as if Girard plays the game more direct this season. He is a very no nonsense player, is highly responsible and intelligent on and off the puck, and has been a great table setter for the forward groups behind him as he is typically stationed on the lower lines for the Admirals. Girard has already eclipsed his points total from last season by tallying 14 points (4 goals, 10 assists) from 55 games and has also seen improvements to both his plus/minus (-1) and penalty minutes (35). In short, there hasn’t been any sort of sophomore slump.

Girard is of course part of one of the tightest knit group of friends on the Admirals team which is entirely comprised of Quebec natives. The merry band known as the French Fries is consisted of Girard, Frédérick Gaudreau, Jimmy Oligny, and Jonathan Diaby. Right now there are three of the French Fries within the Admirals camp as Diaby, aka the Big Fry, currently finds himself logging minutes with the Cincinnati Cyclones (ECHL).

I was expecting some sort of an interview bomb during this interview with Girard and I have to admit there is one. It isn’t exactly from the source I was expecting though as neither Gaudreau or Oligny got in on the fun. Instead, someone at the BMO Harris Bradley Center decided it would be a perfect time to get paperwork done while listening to a Pink Floyd playlist using the full force of the arena’s sound equipment. So, apologies for the audio bombardment as we’re ticking away the moments that make up the dull day. Let’s instead have some fun with Mr. Girard.

~Fifteen~

Thank you very much to Félix Girard for taking the time to do this interview. Giant stink-eye to the pillock blasting Pink Floyd with no rhyme or reason directly following an Admirals practice. Tomorrow will be part-deux of the French Fries as Jimmy Oligny steps up for Fifteen. Beyond that, the list is at a standstill and the reserves of interviews is bare. The goal is to get every player featured first but, if that gets tight during the amount of road games this month, many have suggested front office staff they would like to hear from. That can – and will be done.

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Feature

Fifteen with Johan Alm
(Photo Credit: Scott Paulus)
(Photo Credit: Scott Paulus)

When getting to this edition of Fifteen I feel the need to remind you all of the realities of this feature series venture. I’m attempting to feature every player on the Milwaukee Admirals roster by the end of the 2015-16 season and doing that, with a hefty road schedule such as March presents, means going into practices in downtown Milwaukee long in advance of road trips to showcase them down the line – such as today.

At the time I recorded this interview with Admirals defenseman Johan Alm he was enjoying quite possibly his best run of form since arriving to North America from his hometown team in Sweden Skellefteå AIK. He was fully fit and looking to finally put all the pieces of his game together that he couldn’t have done last season when injuries heavily impacted his first year of pro development in North America. Things were looking upbeat for once.

When the Admirals played against the Rockford IceHogs on 2/24/16 the injury bug bit Alm once again. The big Swede took a nasty fall into the boards and was helped off the ice. He hasn’t played a game since and indications suggest that he could be gone for awhile.

“You know what, I don’t want to say anything because I don’t know what has been,” hesitated Milwaukee Admirals head coach Dean Evason when asked about Alm’s injury status on 2/26/16. “Nothing has been dictated to me but I can tell you that it’s not positive.”

Speculation talking here -BUT- if this injury is in fact a long term one for Alm it could mean far more than just the end of his 2015-16 season for the Admirals – it might effectively be the end of the Swede’s North American pro playing career. This season was the last year of his two-year entry level contract that he signed back in late-May of 2014. With two injury plagued seasons in North America as a member of the Admirals, and the likes of Jimmy Oligny and Trevor Murphy in the fold for the 2016-17 season, the Predators would probably be more likely to re-up with Garrett Noonan this off-season than they would with Alm.

It isn’t the most upbeat of intros to a Fifteen feature that I’ve done this season but it’s just the harsh reality of both the game and pre-recording these interviews to catch these guys before going out on long road trips. For what it’s worth, as you’ll no doubt hear, Alm is a tremendously positive and fun person to talk to and I feel his positivity can transcend the setbacks he has gone through since leaving Sweden in the pursuit of an NHL dream. Alm was a two-time champion with his hometown team Skellefteå AIK where he was teammates with Viktor Arvidsson. Alm can get back on his feet and get back to the ice. All he needs to do is keep his head up and be himself.

~Fifteen~

Cheers to Johan Alm for taking the time to do this interview. Fifteen will be back tomorrow as the pre-game story and will feature Félix Girard with an interview bomb by Pink Floyd. You read that correctly.

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Game Recaps

No Bite; Admirals Shutout 2-0 In Lake Erie
(Photo Credit: John Saraya // Lake Erie Monsters)
(Photo Credit: John Saraya // Lake Erie Monsters)

The Milwaukee Admirals lost 2-0 on the road against the Lake Erie Monsters Tuesday night at the Quicken Loans Arena.

This game was really lacking serious energy from both sides as far as the first and third periods of play were concerned. Even the second period, which saw some chances created, only saw a taste of finishing quality in the dying seconds of the frame. In the end the Monsters really only ever needed the lone goal lead but would add a late secondary tally in the third period as Anton Forsberg shut the lights out on the Admirals – stopping all thirty-six shots on goal that he faced. The Monsters winning streak is now up to four-games and their point streak has extended to six-games.

The game’s opening goal wouldn’t come until late in the second period. Following their second penalty kill of the period the Monsters were able to get a two-on-two rush into the zone and score with 22.7 seconds remaining in the frame. Alex Broadhurst’s pass from the left wing cleared Taylor Aronson and hit Sonny Milano skating ahead of Colton Sissons. Milano would finish off in style past Marek Mazanec with a backhanded flick to record his seventh goal of the season.

With the Admirals pressing with the net emptied and extra attacker on a neutral zone face-off forced Mazanec back on the ice. The Monsters would pounce off of the draw and get a silky smooth backhanded goal from Daniel Zaar that went underneath the pads of Mazanec and in with 31.1 seconds remaining to make it a 2-0 Monsters lead from Zaar’s sixteenth goal of the season.

The Monsters only ever needed the lone goal from Milano the way they were defending. The Admirals may have registered a high number of shots on goal tonight but not many of those were from high quality scoring areas. It made for a rather calm night in net for Anton Forsberg who stopped every shot to earn his first shutout of the season and fourth of his AHL career.

Ramblings: Since the Milwaukee Admirals last played the NHL Trade Deadline took place. During the deadline the Nashville Predators acquired defenseman Corey Potter from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for future considerations. Potter had been playing this entire season at the AHL level with the Springfield Falcons where he played 52 games, had 17 points (5 goals, 12 assists), a plus/minus rating of +4, and 32 penalty minutes. The Predators also did a paper transaction that saw Viktor Arvidsson be reassigned to the Admirals prior to the NHL Trade Deadline in an effort to make him eligible to be part of the Admirals playoff roster. Not too long after the official deadline had passed the Predators immediately recalled Arvidsson from the Admirals roster. Tonight’s line combinations were: Reinhart-Sissons-Gaudreau, Fiala-Hodgson-Åberg, White-Kamenev-Görtz, Payerl-Girard-Bass, Oligny-Elliott, Noonan-Aronson, Näkyvä-Murphy. Tonight’s scratches were: Jamie Devane (healthy), Patrick Mullen (right hand laceration), Corey Potter (yet to join team), and Johan Alm (lower-body). As noted on the Admirals pre-game show via Aaron Sims, defenseman Corey Potter has yet to join the team but the expectation is for him to meet up with his new teammates for practice tomorrow in Cleveland.

Thoughts on tonight’s game? Is the Milwaukee Admirals inability to generate consistent offense becoming a major issue? What are teams specifically doing to the Admirals to squash their offensive chances?

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News

Predators Sign Miikka Salomäki to Two-Year Contract
(Photo Credit: Scott Paulus)
(Photo Credit: Scott Paulus)

The re-signing and new contract news keeps coming out of the Nashville Predators organization. First there was Colton Sissons signing a new three-year contract with the Predators. That was followed by Anthony Bitetto signing a new two-year contract with the Predators. Yesterday, the Milwaukee Admirals re-signed Jimmy Oligny for two-years. And now today the Predators have re-signed Miikka Salomäki to a new two-year contract.

Press Release via Nashville Predators:

Nashville, Tenn. (March 1, 2016) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced Tuesday that the club has signed forward Miikka Salomaki (MEE-kah SA-loh-MA-kee) to a two-year, $1.225 million contract that will see him receive $575,000 in 2016-17 and $650,000 in 2017-18.

Salomaki, 22 (3/9/93), has seven points (4g-3a) in 45 games this season and eight points (5g-3a) in 46 career NHL games since scoring in his Predators debut on Jan. 8, 2015, vs. Dallas. The 5-foot-11, 208-pound left wing spent the majority of his first two North American professional seasons with the American Hockey League’s Milwaukee Admirals from 2013-15, amassing 70 points (28g-42a) in 117 games. He posted a team-leading 50 points (20g-30a) as a rookie in 2013-14, good for a tie for fifth among first-year AHLers.

Nashville’s second choice, 52nd overall (second round), in the 2011 Entry Draft, the Raahe, Finland, native has represented his country internationally on seven occasions, most recently helping the Suomi to a silver medal at the 2014 World Championship. Salomaki played for Karpat’s Under-18, Junior and Elite League teams from 2009-13, winning a junior league title and being named league rookie of the year in 2009-10.

What a difference a year makes for Salomäki. This time last year the Finn was officially labeled as out for the rest of the season due to suffering a second shoulder injury of the season that would require surgery. Now, the 22-year old finds himself nestled into his home at the NHL level with the Predators doing all the incredible things that fans in Milwaukee came to know and love him for.

This season Salomäki started out with the Admirals and played 4 games while scoring 2 points (1 goal, 1 assist). After those first two weeks of the season he would be recalled by the Predators and perform well enough where not only has he come back – he’s earned a new two-year contract. In 45 games at the NHL level this season he has produced 7 points (4 goals, 3 assists) to go along with a plus/minus rating of +2 and 22 penalty minutes.

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Scouting

Monsters: Scouting the Enemy
(Photo Credit: John Saraya)
Yesterday was a great day in the life of Milwaukee Admirals defenseman Jimmy Oligny. Hopefully that can continue with a little less of this photo going down these next two games against the Lake Erie Monsters. (Photo Credit: John Saraya)

Hello and welcome to the month of March. This should be a very important month for the Milwaukee Admirals as March has a whopping 14 games attached to it including 9 road games. For as relaxing as that month of January and start of February felt this is the weights and balances of the Hockey Schedule Gods who have made the Admirals playoff push through March a grinder. The first opponent to kick things off should send that message home rather well.

~Monsters~

The Lake Erie Monsters enter tonight’s game with a record of 30-17-5-4 (69 points). Their 0.616 points percentage sees them sitting in fourth place of the Central Division and fifth place in the Western Conference standings.

As far as timing goes, the Admirals probably couldn’t have entered Cleveland for a two-game set against the Monsters at a worse time. The Monsters have been on one of their best runs of form this season and have pulled in a record of 8-1-1-1 over their last 11 games – which covers their month of February. They enter with a winning streak of 3 games and a point streak of 5 games.

What is the cause for all of this recent success? Well, that’s what should scare you the most when looking at these two games against the Monsters because they’ve been doing it each and every way possible. The Monsters have had a pair of shutouts from Brad Thiessen. They have scored 3 or more goals in 8 of these past 11 games.

In those past 11 games the Monsters have been backed by great individual performances: Michael Chaput, 13 points (3 goals, 10 assists)… Daniel Zaar, 10 points (4 goals, 6 assists)… Oliver Bjorkstrand, 9 points (6 goals, 3 assists)… Josh Anderson, 7 points (5 goals, 2 assists).

~Brick Wall Brad~

I think a lot can be made of the Monsters season by the performances in net by their goaltender Thiessen. If you all remember, Thiessen’s season all started off with the Admirals’ ECHL affiliate the Cincinnati Cyclones. He played 15 games, had a record of 8-3-1-2, a 1.86 goals against average, 0.935 save percentage, and a shutout with the Cyclones. But the veteran netminder got his due to return to the AHL as a member of the Monsters. Why? Injures to the goaltenders of the Columbus Blue Jackets that had Anton Forsberg and Joonas Korpisalo both trek up from the AHL to help out their parent club. Who was their to help keep the ship afloat as the goaltending position was in trouble for the Monsters? Thiessen.

This season Thiessen is putting together his best numbers at the AHL level since he was a member of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the 2010-11 season. In 19 games with the Monsters Thiessen has a 10-3-4-2 record with a 1.85 goals against average, 0.932 save percentage, and 3 shutouts.

When you look specifically at what Thiessen has meant for the Monsters look to the points percentage before he arrived (12/19/15) to where the Monsters are today. Prior to Thiessen’s arrival to the Monsters the team had a 15-7-1-2 record for a 0.660 points percentage. Since, the Monsters have had a 15-10-4-2 record for a 0.581 points percentage. It isn’t as great but, considering the tough spot the Monsters were in with both their main goaltenders frequently up and out of the squad, Thiessen has allowed for this team to keep their heads above water and let the players in front of the goalie do their thing and not worry about a goaltending weakness.

Expectations for these two games against the Lake Erie Monsters? With so many road games this month how do you see the Milwaukee Admirals combating fatigue as well as all these high level opponents in their playoff push?

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News

Predators Acquire Defenseman Corey Potter
(Photo Credit: Springfield Falcons // flickr)
(Photo Credit: Springfield Falcons // flickr)

The Nashville Predators have in fact made a trade today on NHL Trade Deadline Day. Although, the move itself isn’t so much for them as it is for the Milwaukee Admirals. The Predators have acquired defenseman Corey Potter from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for future considerations. He will be joining the Admirals at the AHL level.

This move makes a ton of sense for the Admirals. Potter is a right handed shooting defenseman and head coach Dean Evason was quick to praise the difference that balance of righties and lefties made for the defensive core. The organization added Stefan Elliott and Patrick Mullen to join Taylor Aronson to create that three right sided defensive make up. Following a particularly scary incident that saw Mullen have his right hand badly lacerated by a skate blade on 2/21/16 vs. Iowa – the Admirals have needed to revert back to a left-left pairing these past three-games. While certainly not a direct result of Mullen alone the Admirals have lost two of those three-games while Mullen has been out.

So, what will the Admirals be getting in Potter then exactly? They will be getting a 32-year old, highly experienced, right-handed shooting defenseman that can immediately join the team and be a provider. Potter has 129 career games of NHL experience with 32 points (8 goals, 24 assists) in time spent with the New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins, and Calgary Flames.

What he provides even more so is AHL experience. Potter has logged 404 games in the AHL and has 167 points (33 goals, 134 assists) in his career. For the 2015-16 season he has been playing in the Eastern Conference as a member of the Springfield Falcons where he has dressed for 52 games, has 17 points (5 goals, 12 assists), a plus/minus rating of +4, and 32 penalty minutes.

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News

Trade Deadline Day Recap
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This is a photo of defenseman Conor Allen two teams ago. (Photo Credit: Stephanie Moebius)

The NHL Trade Deadline has officially come and gone, and this year’s hoopla was clearly a clunker compared to previous years.

The combined effect of big names being signed, traded or taken off the market early (see Steven Stamkos, Eric Staal and Andrew Ladd), an expected “flat” Salary Cap for 2016-2017 (due to the poor performing Canadian Dollar) and many players being locked up to longer term deals resulted in boring deadline day.

A few impact players did change teams today. Defenseman Kris Russell was acquired by Dallas from Calgary, forward Mikkel Boedker was picked up by Colorado from Arizona and forward Lee Stempniak and defenseman John-Michael Liles were acquired by Boston. You can even throw in the last minute Jamie McGinn Anaheim Ducks pick up, but it doesn’t really help much. Overall, it was pretty serious dud of a day.

For Milwaukee/Nashville it was as expected a very quiet deadline. No current Predators or Admirals changed teams as Predators General Manager David Poile got his shopping done early with the Ryan Johansen/Seth Jones swap. Certainly, last year’s near deadline trade of 2015 AHL All-Star Brendan Leipsic had a huge impact on Milwaukee but nothing similar was forthcoming this season.

However, three former Admirals did change teams on deadline day, with defenseman Conor Allen moving to Iowa, forward Taylor Beck going to San Antonio and goaltender Drew MacIntyre packing his bags for Rockford. Nick Spaling was moved in the Roman Polak trade last week.

So Roundtable . . . What do you make of the QUIET trade deadline? Were your expecting Nashville to acquire more talent and in the process trade away an Admiral or two? What do you think of Milwaukee and Nashville playoff hopes with their rosters as is? 

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News

Predators Make Viktor Arvidsson Eligible for AHL Playoffs
(Photo Credit: Stephanie Moebius)
(Photo Credit: Stephanie Moebius)

This afternoon the Nashville Predators reassigned Viktor Arvidsson to the Milwaukee Admirals. That came prior to the NHL Trade Deadline which is attached at the hip with the AHL’s deadline for Playoff eligibility. All players on the AHL rosters the moment of the NHL Trade Deadline expiring become AHL Playoff eligible.

Arvidsson is now eligible to join the Admirals should they qualify for the 2016 AHL Calder Cup Playoffs. Now that he is, he’s already headed back where he belongs as -according to AHL Transactions– Arvidsson has immediately been recalled back to the Predators.

This is then a paper transaction by the Predators to help look after both the Admirals and Arvidsson. Should the Admirals have a longer playoff run than their parent club – Arvidsson can rejoin his teammates in Milwaukee and provide a welcome boost to the Admirals bid for the Calder Cup.

Arvidsson has scored 18 points (8 goals, 10 assists) in 17 games with the Admirals this season. As a member of the Predators he has managed to produce 11 points (7 goals, 4 assists) in 37 games.

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News

Jimmy Oligny Re-Signs with Admirals for Two-Years
(Photo Credit: Scott Paulus)
(Photo Credit: Scott Paulus)

The Milwaukee Admirals have re-signed defenseman Jimmy Oligny to a new two-year deal that will keep him in camp through the 2017-18 season.

Press Release via Milwaukee Admirals:

Milwaukee, WI—The Milwaukee Admirals announced today that they have signed defenseman Jimmy Oligny to a two-year, American Hockey League contract extension that will keep him with the team through the 2017-18 season.

Oligny leads Admirals defenseman and is second on the team with a +12 rating. The La Sarre, QC native has three goals and 10 assists for 13 points to go along with a club best 73 penalty minutes in 52 games with Milwaukee this season.

The 6-0, 203-pound blueliner tallied five points (1g-4a) in 53 contests with the Admirals during his rookie campaign last season. He spent four years of junior hockey with the Prince Edward Island Rockets of the QMJHL from 2009-13, recording 123 points (29g-94a) and 531 penalty minutes in 302 games.

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Oligny was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Admirals ahead of the 2014-15 season. In his first year of professional hockey he played 53 games, scored 5 points (1 goal, 4 assists), had a plus/minus rating of -2, and 46 penalty minutes.

This season, like his fellow French Fry pal Frédérick Gaudreau who also signed as an undrafted free agent the same summer, Oligny has taken an incredible step forward and has been one of the top performers at his position. Oligny has played 52 games this season and has the team’s top plus/minus rating (+12) while seeing his offensive numbers also take a leap forward: 13 points (3 goals, 10 assists).

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